"No...light infantry." I moved my pieces across the board. "I'm telling you, a mixed force of light armor and infantry is your best bet here." I shifted my pieces again.

Cadance shook her head. "I've always studied under Canter and Crystal schools, you need support. You need supply lines." She levitated her pieces over the large textured map. "You need to maintain supply lines, possible retreats, and ways to move fresh troops forward."

I rubbed my chin and looked at her placement. "In my experience we were a self sufficient unit." I cleared the board and laid out a few infantry and one light armor. "One IFV with two platoons made up of eleven each. Scouting groups could split five and five with the commander hanging back." I scratched my chin. "Do you get what I'm saying? A unit like this could move behind enemy lines without needing to supply or stop."

Cadance scrunched up her muzzle. "I suppose. It's certainly experimental."

I shrugged and walked around the board room I'd hijacked. "It's a covert group if nothing else. I think you're thinking from a national perspective, I'm thinking limited resources." I tapped my chin. "Quebec, we were the first group in, and we tore resistence to pieces before the main force could arrive. We flushed them out of buildings and the main force swept them up off the street."

Cadance nodded. "I don't think Equestria has really had a conventional war in over one-hundred years." She looked up at me. "The last one was with the griffons, and it was one repelled invasion then Celestia dropped the sun and refused to raise it until they left."

I stared at her. "Whoa...that's fucked up." I scratched my head. "I keep forgetting how pointless a war would be when you can just control the fucking sun."

Cadance shrugged. "I suppose. We could hold wargames."

I shrugged. "It'd probably be good if ponies had some grasp of war." I looked her over. "So is Shining coming for you or not?"

Cadance looked down at her roped up body. "I'd hope so." She flapped her wings a few times then nestled into them. "What would you do if Celestia was kidnapped?"

I stared out over the burning lands. Ponies in gold marching down the streets with banners held high. The smell of burning plants and falling ash littered the fields as we marched on towards her. The smell of blood clung to my bayonet and the stink of fresh gunpowder drifted up from my rifle.

I watched the blue glow of my mask reflect in an ashy puddle as I walked down through the corpse filled lands. They would burn for taking her, and not one would live to see her sun rise again.

I rubbed my chin. "I would blow up the whole god damn world."

Cadance's eyes opened wide. "Um...your voice changed."

I cleared my throat. "Hmm, ignore that." I looked back at the map. "So if he doesn't get her by dinner, you want to invite Twilight and make it a dinner?"

Cadance looked me up and down. "You'd really explode the world if somepony took her?"

I smelled smoke. I saw the fires rise in the distance. "I would commit a genocide to get her back if that's what it took."

Cadance cleared her throat. "Do...do humans have Nightmare Variants?"

I stared into space. The heat of the disposal fires warmed my shoulders. The smell of fresh dragon blood clung to me, envoloped me as I saw her, clad in rags. "I don't know...." I stared past Cadance, lost in my campaign. "Let's not find out."

Cadance looked off to the side. "So...you're a little scary."

I grunted. "Depends on the day." I scratched the back of my neck. "Anyways, you wanna come to dinner or not? I kinda like talking with you, and if he's not gonna come get you...."

Cadance smiled nervously. "Sure. Maybe just don't have that thousand yard stare again."

I rubbed my cheeks. "Hmm, was a bit much, wasn't it?" I shrugged. "I had my chance to become the devil, I kinda threw it away so don't worry too much." I reached out and picked up the pink horse. "Come on, go tell Celestia and get ready. Can invite some ponies or something."